| 10000 BCE or Before Common Era |
Rig Veda the oldest composition of hymns. |
| 6000 BCE |
origin of Tamil. |
| 5000 - 3000 BCE |
use of dental drills (found at Mehrangarh). |
| 2000 BCE |
Plastic surgery and use of diamond is known during. |
| 5000 BCE |
Agriculture was developed. |
| 3000 -1700 BCE |
Saraswati -Sindhu civilization first cities ilike Mohanjadaro and Harappa. |
| 3300- 2800 BCE |
Development of Indo European and Indo-Australoid languages from Sanskrit. |
| 2400 CE |
Indians built first dock in the world at Lothal. Ramayana is the first book written by Sage Valmiki. |
| 3102 BCE |
Mahabharata war. |
| 700-300 BCE |
Mahajanapadas. |
| 545-560 BCE |
Magadha empire. |
| 500 BCE |
Sanskrit grammar made more perfect by Panini. Ayurveda is the ancient system of medical cure. First university in the world -Takshasila. Nalanda, Takshila, Ujjain, Vikramshila and Vallabhi are famous universities of India in ancient time. |
| 300 BCE- 200 CE |
Sangam Era the period during which Tamil literature has developed with Art in Tamilnadu. |
| 150 BCE |
Patanjali wrote commentary on Panini´s works and also author of Yoga sastra. |
| 599 BCE |
Birth of Mahavira the founder of Jainism. Jina means conqueror. One who conquered mind and senses is Mahavira. |
| 563 BCE |
Birth of Gautama Buddha the founder of Buddhism. |
| 527 BCE |
Death of Mahavira. |
| 483 BCE |
Death of Gautama Buddha. |
| 457 BCE |
Arya Bhatta was born Arya Bhatta invents zero. His Ganitapada speaks about Geometric progression, Quadratic equations, etc. Bhaskara-I Arya Bhatta´s student gave sine function in trigonometry.Mahabhaskariya is a work on Astronomical mathematics wrote by him also he worked on Sine and Cosine functions on angles ranging from 90 to 180 degrees. |
| 350-283 BCE |
life of Chanakya the author of Arthasastra. |
| 326 BCE |
Alexander invasion and new culture evolved with mingling of Greeks in India. |
| 327-291 BCE |
Chandra Gupta Maurya the founder of Mauryan Empire. |
| 180 BCE |
Indo-Greek kingdom called Yavana kingdom with a new culture and arts. |
| 2nd BCE |
Satavahanas of Andhra rose to power and formed empire. |
| 20 |
Pahalvas of Indo-Parthian kingdom took birth. |
| 60-240 |
Kushan empire. |
| 127- 147 |
The greatest Kushan Kanishka ruled. |
| 320- 550 CE or Common Era |
Gupta Empire the golden age in India. Chandragupta (376-415) also called Vikramaditya is a poet and patron of arts and a statesman. The greatest Sanskrit poet Kalidasa happens to be his courtier. Mathematicians 5th century Common Era till 11th century are Aryabhatta-II, Bhaskara -II, Mahavira, Matanga muni who took help of Mathematics to describe notes on music, Varahamira and Shridhara who gave rule to find out volume of sphere. Chess is Indian invention of 6th century. Corrosion resistant iron was Indian invention and for past 1500 years Iron pillar stands without corrosion. Sushruta is a book on medicine compiled in the 6th century. Diabetes is mentioned with its cure in Sushruta. Hypertension was mentioned in Sushruta and its cure as well. |
| 300 BCE |
Fibonacci numbers are actually formulated by Pingala. Use of Ink is started in India. First people who used and wrote in ink are the sutras of Jains in south India by Jains. Indigo dye was a product of India used in production and processing. Kabbadi and Ludo are two games of Indian origin. Kalaripayat is the martial art from which other martial arts evolved. |
| 62 |
Gautamiputra Satakarni ascends the throne of Satavahana Empire |
| 399- 414 |
Fa Hein travelled India. |
| 543 |
Chalukyas comes to power in south India. |
| 590-657 |
Harshavardhan ruled as an emperor and he had Bhana Bhatta the famous poet of his time in his court. Huan Tsang visited Harsha. |
| 726 |
Bappa Rawal or Kala Bhoj starts Sisodia dynasty at Chittaurgarh. This family is destined to be the longest surviving dynasty in the world and fort of Chittaurgarh is the biggest fort in the world. |
| 753 |
Dantidurga establishes Rastrakuta Empire. |
| 750-1174 |
Pala Emperors ruled over Bengal. |
| 850 |
Seuna Yadavas establish empire in North western India. |
| 985 |
Raja Raja Chola ascended the throne of Chola empire and he is patron of arts. Madhurai Meenakshi temple is built by him. |
| 1026 |
Hoyasala empire is founded by Nripa Kama-II. |
| 1083 |
Ganapatideva founded Kakatiya Empire. |
| 1262 |
Rudrama Devi became empress of Kakatiyas. |
| 1271 |
Ramachandra ascends throne of Yadava Empire and his teacher is famous musician Sarangadeva. |
| 1326 |
Maharana Hamir ascends throne of Mewar and conquers vast regions and subdues sultan of Delhi. |
| 1336 |
Vijayanagar Empire was founded by Hariharadevaraya. |
| 1443-1456 |
Maharana Kumbha ruled over Chittoregarh he wrote sangita ras, built Kumbhalgarh and temples in Mount Abu. He was a great warrior and statesman as well. |
| 1509 |
Sri Krishnadevaraya, Nagalapuram which is present Hospet. He wrote Amuktamalyada. There were eight poets in his court compared to powerful elephants. Allasani Peddana, Nandi Timanna, Madyyagari Mallana, Dhurjati, Ayyalaraju Rama Bhadrudu, Pingali Surana, Ramaraja Bhushanudu, Tenali Ramakrishnudu. |
| 1509 |
Maharana Sangram Singh ascends throne in Mewar. |
| 1572 |
Maharana Pratap Singh ascends throne in Mewar. |
| 1576 |
Battle of Haldhighati in which famous poet Bhan Bhatt died. |
| 1629 |
Maharana Raj Singh- I was born. |
| 1630 |
Chatrapati Shivaji was born. |
| 1674 |
Shivaji Raje is crowned as Chatrapati by Gaga Bhatta. |
| 1720 |
Baji Rao becomes Peshwa of Sahu Maharaj. He is second founder of Maratha Empire. |
| 1727 |
Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh constructs city in his name Jaipur this is the planned city in the world at that time. |
| 1740 |
Balaji Baji Rao becomes peshwa of Sahu Maharaj. State improves in agriculture production. Bal Krishna Gadgil becomes jurist of Pune. Balloba Vadavaguni is collector. |
| 1749 |
power passed in the hands of Balaji Baji Rao according to will of Chatrapati Sahu. |
| 1760 |
Hyderabad Nizam is routed by Sadashiv Rao Bhau sahib. |
| 1761 |
Afghanistan becomes independent. Mahadaji Scindia, Balasaheb Janardhan, Damaji Gaekwad, Malhar Rao Holkar and other Maratha warriors escape with lives in the battle of Panipat. |
| 1789 - 1830 CE |
Maharaja Ranjit Singh rules Punjab. |
| 1790 CE |
Mahadaji Scindia re-establishes Maratha rule in North and becomes Vakil -ul-mutlak in Mughal court. |
| 1799 |
Mahadaji Scindia the Maratha general wins war against English in Battle of Wadgaon. |
| 1799 |
Missile technology is from India used against the Bitish forces by Tipu Sultan. Tyagarajah (1800-50) is noted musician in pre independence era. |
| 1800 |
Durand line becomes border for India and Afghanistan. |
| 1857 |
First war of Independence. |
| 1893 |
Swami Vivekananda delivers first lecture in world religions meet Chicago. Indian spirituality and values comes to light in the western world for the first time. Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920) is a noted mathematician whose mathematical formulae are applied in crystallography and string theory. Sir C.V Raman(1888-1970) known for Raman effect in physics. Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose(1858-1937) botanist, archaeologist and also a writer of science fiction. |
| 1904 |
Sister Nivedita (Irish) disciple of swami Vivekananda came up with Indian flag idea. Gadar party had its own flag it was unfurled in the USA with the out break of world war one. Bhikaji Chama made another flag in 1907 unfurled in Stuggart in Germany. |
| 1911 |
Indian national anthem was sung in congress session at Calcutta composed by Ravindranath Tagore. |
| 1913 |
Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941) won noble price for literature. |
| 1916 |
Pingali Venkkaya of Machilipatnam , Andhra Pradesh made the present Indian flag which was approved by M.K Gandhi. |
| 1917 |
Home rule movement by Annie Besant (b.1847- London, Clapham- d.1933 Madras, Adayar). |
| 1919 |
Civil disobedience movement. |
| 1928 |
till 1956 Indian hockey won six gold medals in Olympics. This golden era came to an end when India was defeated in Rome Olympics in 1960 by Pakistan. |
| 1942 |
Quit India movement. |
| 1947 |
March Maharana Bhupal Singh decides to join Mewar in Indian union and Sardar Patel tells other maharajas to follow him. |
| 1947 |
August India becomes Independent. India plans to become nuclear power in March 1944 under the vision of Dr.Homi Jahangir Bhabha whose uncle Sir Dorab Tata found TIFR on December 19 1945 with Bhabha as its first director. |
| 1947 |
First India-Pakistan war India emerges victorious losing a part of Kashmir. April 15th 1948 Indian govt starts IAEC or Indian atomic energy commission to go Nuclear. |
| 1951-62 |
Indian Football, India won gold medals in Asian games in 1951 at New Delhi and 1962 at Jakarta. In 1956 India reached semi finals in Melborne in Olympics the first Asian country to reach semi-finals. |
| 1954 |
French left Pondicherry. |
| 1961 |
Operation Vijay in which Goa was libarated from Portuguese. |
| 1962 |
India - China war. China wins but declared uni lateral ceasefire. |
| 1965 |
Second war of India - Pakistan. |
| 1971 |
Third war with Pakistan. East Pakistan becomes Bangladesh after India´s victory. India becomes a friend of USSR. |
| 1974 |
“The Buddha is smiling” was the message sent by Raja Ramana after successful test of nuclear device at Thar Desert on 24th May 1974. |
| 1975 |
India launches Aryabhatta satellite in 1975. |
| 1979 |
India launches Bhaskara Satellite in 1979. |
| 1981 |
India successfully launches Rohini -II satilite in 1981. |
| 1983 |
Subramanyan Chandrashekar nephew of Sir C.V Raman received noble price in physics. |
| 1983 |
India won cricket world cup in under Kapildev. |
| 1984 |
India occupies world´s highest battle field namely Siachan glacier. |
| 1984 |
Indo-Soviet joint space mission in which Rakesh Sharma goes to space. |
| 1988 |
Chess: Viswanathan Anand in became grandmaster and he is the first Indian to become a grandmaster. Koneru Hampi, Hari Krishna, Ravi Kiran are upcoming chess champions for India. |
| 1990 |
Leander Paes wonWimbledon junior title. He won French open title. He won bronze medal in Atlanta Olympics in 1996. |
| 1998 |
India tests nuclear weapons again. Amartya Sen receives Nobel price in economics. |
| 1999 |
Kargil conflict with Pakistan. India decimates Pakistan´s Northern line infantry. |
| 2001 |
Parliament attack foiled by security forces. |
| 2003 |
Arjun Atwal was first Indian to play in the USA PGA tour. Other Indian golfer achievers are Jeev Milkha Singh, Jyothi Randhwa and Shiv Kapur. |
| 2007 |
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands visits India and singn agreement for more mutal culture Exchange between India-The Netherlands. |
| 2007 |
India won cricket world cup twenty20 in under Mahendra Singh Dhoni. |
| 2008 |
French president Sarkozy would like to have Indian Culuture centre in France as soon as possible. |
